Native American Tribes Filed Opioid Lawsuit Against Purdue Family
Native American tribes have filed a lawsuit alleging Purdue’s Sackler family is to blame for the opioid crisis.
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Sara is a credited freelance writer, editor, contributor, and essayist, as well as a novelist and poet with nearly twenty years of experience. A seasoned publishing professional, she's worked for newspapers, magazines and book publishers in content digitization, editorial, acquisitions and intellectual property. Sara has been an invited speaker at a Careers in Publishing & Authorship event at Michigan State University and a Reading and Writing Instructor at Sylvan Learning Center. She has an MBA degree with a concentration in Marketing and an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, graduating with a 4.2/4.0 GPA. She is also a member of Chi Sigma Iota and a 2020 recipient of the Donald D. Davis scholarship recognizing social responsibility. Sara is certified in children's book writing, HTML coding and social media marketing. Her fifth book, PTSD: Healing from the Inside Out, was released in September 2019 and is available on Amazon. You can find her others books there, too, including Narcissistic Abuse: A Survival Guide, released in December 2017.
Native Americans Need to Know their Land will be Protected
Native American leaders are banding together to pressure U.S. officials to ban oil and gas exploration around sacred tribal land that features massive stone structures and other remnants of an ancient civilization. Tribes are pushing for further protections around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Federal officials repeatedly have denied drilling leases within a 10-mile radius
Experts Say Effective Opioid Treatment is Available, but Underused
Experts say effective treatments for addiction exist, including methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone, but are currently underused in the medical community.
Michigan Man Hires Someone Else to Take His Paternity Test
Michigan man hires someone to test DNA test for him, then places rat carcasses on woman’s porch.
Chicago Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Empire Star
Chicago prosecutors opt to drop charges against actor Jussie Smollett who had allegedly staged a hate crime against himself.
The War on Opioids Has Been Targeting the Wrong Front
Experts are saying that the opioid crisis is being fought from the wrong front.
Stigma and Inaccessibility are Limiting Opioid Treatment Effectiveness
Experts say stigma regarding treatment options and limited access to resources is hindering opioid recovery.
Pfizer Given Rights to AnTolRx’s Therapies for Type 1 Diabetes
Private biotechnology company AnTolRx has announced Pfizer has exercised the option to license an immune tolerance therapy related to Type 1 diabetes.
Man Engaged in Lewd Act While Delivering Customer’s Dinner
Howard Matthew Webb, 31, was sentenced to six months of probation with nine days of jail time as part of a plea deal he made with Tennessee prosecutors after he was caught on camera dipping his testicles into a customer’s salsa. The condiment was being delivered by car at the time and Webb was hitching
UPS Distribution Center Employees File Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Employees of a UPS distribution center in Maumee, Ohio filed a lawsuit alleging a raciallly hostile work culture.